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Drinking—Driving Behavior of Young Men in Relation to Accidents
Donald C. Pelz, Thomas L. McDole, Stanley H. Schuman
SUMMARY. To determine the role of drinking in the accidents of young men, data were examined from a representative survey sample of 1670 young men in southeastern Michigan and from official accident statistics of 4 states. By age 20 over half the sampled men drank at least once weekly and drove at least once monthly after drinking. Alcohol was involved in 3-8% of all crashes of 20-year-olds. The highest accident rates without alcohol involvement occurred at ages 18-20, whereas the most alcohol-involved accidents occurred at ages 22-24.
